gostar
Portuguese, verb/ɡosˈta(ʁ)/
gostar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to like” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “achar agradável”.
What does gostar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to like
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. achar agradável 2. achar saboroso 3. dar-se bem com; ser compatível com 4. julgar bom
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gostar
- gosto first-person present singular
- gostei first-person preterite singular
- gostado participle past
- gostares infinitive second-person singular
- gostarmos first-person infinitive plural
- gostardes infinitive plural second-person
- gostarem infinitive plural third-person
- gostando gerund
- gostados masculine participle past
- gostada feminine participle past
- gostadas feminine participle past
- gostas indicative present second-person
- gosta indicative present singular
- gostamos first-person indicative plural
- gostais indicative plural present
- gostam indicative plural present
- gostava first-person imperfect indicative
- gostavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gostar?
- Brazil /ɡosˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ɡosˈta(h)]
- /ɡosˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gostar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gostar in Portuguese?
gostar appears 50 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).